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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part V: Bloody News, From Page 199 Through Page 269.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Dovey's daughter Margaret die?
(a) Brain tumor.
(b) Breast cancer.
(c) Skin cancer.
(d) Leukemia.

2. What was the name of the poet with whom Balakian started his journal?
(a) Bruce Smith.
(b) William Saroyan.
(c) Jack Wheatcroft.
(d) Karl Shapiro.

3. In what year was the Armenian empire at its height?
(a) 100 BCE.
(b) 50 CE.
(c) 50 BCE.
(d) 25 BCE.

4. What Ginsberg poem did Balakian's mother want several copies of?
(a) Kaddish.
(b) Please Master.
(c) Hum Bomb.
(d) Howl.

5. What degree was Balakian's girlfriend working on when he visited her, instead of going to his grandmother's memorial service?
(a) Medical degree.
(b) MBA.
(c) Law degree.
(d) Philosophy.

Short Answer Questions

1. Approximately how many Armenians were slaughtered in Diarbekir in 1915?

2. What is the name of the yogurt, water, and mint drink commonly found at Balakian family gatherings?

3. How old was Peter Balakian when his aunts began taking him on the house-viewing expeditions?

4. In what Turkish city did Abdul Hamid loyalists carry out atrocities against the Armenians in 1909?

5. What book caused a racial flareup among the football players during Balakian's freshmen year at college?

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